CARB symposium open to public

Scientific researchers from biotechnology companies, academia, and government are welcome, as well as other interested individuals.

An Inaugural Symposium to celebrate the recent 24,000-square-foot expansion of laboratory and office space at the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute's Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology (CARB). The program features presentations by prominent scientists who are leading innovators in biotechnology. Speakers include Robert Gallo of UMBI's Institute of Human Virology, who will talk on "Progress in AIDS Research: The Epidemic and the Science," and Arthur Kornberg of Stanford University, who will speak on "Centenary (plus one) of the Birth of Modern Biochemistry." CARB meets specific needs of the biotechnology community in the fields of protein structure, function and design using sophisticated state-of-the-art instrumentation. Its programs are developed in partnership with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

Free, but advance registration is required. Register by calling 301/738-6272, or on the Web at http://indigo15.carb.nist.gov/carb/inaugural.html

The symposium celebrates CARB's new office and research space, added recently to relieve overcrowding in the original structure which opened in 1989. CARB, jointly established by the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology, and Montgomery County, Md., in 1984, collaborates with industry in protein engineering research. Research at CARB is spurring advances for new pharmaceuticals, medical treatments, food production and other industrial processes.

The complete symposium program is available on the Web at http://indigo15.carb.nist.gov/